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Pollard, Richard Matthew. "Literary culture in ninth-century northern Italy." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.611541.
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Sloman, L. E. "Middle triassic Magmatism in the Dolomites, Northern Italy." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.379987.
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Sandford-Couch, Clare. "Images of justice in northern Italy, 1250-1400." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9566.
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This thesis considers some of the ways in which images of justice were used to express and in some cases promote certain aims and aspirations of those who commissioned them, in northern Italy between c.1250-1400, and whether and to what extent this impacted upon their depiction. It explores the question of a sacred/secular distinction in relation to the use and depiction of images of justice, and proposes that certain changes in such images can be read as responses to developments in the law and in the secular justice system. An introduction defines the essential elements of the subject and the main objectives of the thesis. As the thesis takes a social historical perspective, the first chapter provides details to establish the historical context for the following case studies. The main body of the thesis adopts a thematic approach. The second chapter examines the interrelationship of divine and secular justice through an analysis of images depicting the Last Judgment, or referencing its imagery. First it looks at several monumental representations of the Last Judgment, addressing developments in the artistic treatment of the torments of Hell in the context of changes in contemporary legal punishment practices. The chapter then explores further the relationship of earthly punishments and divine imageries, in a work not previously studied as an image of justice. The congruence in these artworks of sacred and secular elements allows a discussion of the interrelationship of these terms in relation to the contemporary conception and practices of justice. Further chapters examine how a new and increasing emphasis on the judge in the prosecution procedure from the early thirteenth century is mirrored in the artistic representation of secular and judicial authority after that period. This is first addressed by analysing images of the trials of Christ as examples of ‘secular’ justice in a religious or ‘sacred’ context, and exploring how contemporary issues relating to the administration of justice contribute to an understanding of changes in the iconography of these scenes. A fourth chapter addresses images more overtly associated with secular and judicial authority, offering a new perspective on these images as expressions of contemporary societal interests, many arising from the justice system, leading to their use as exemplars, to guide and inform. The thesis contributes to the debate on the distinction between the terms ‘sacred’ and ‘secular’ in the late medieval period, exploring how analysing artworks can lead to a better and more nuanced appreciation of the application of those terms in relation to the contemporary notion of justice. Further, my research has indicated that what could account most comprehensively for certain changes in the use and depiction of such images may be found in specific aspects of a justice system in transition.
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De, Mari Niccolo Uzielli. "The origins of the Northern League in Italy." Thesis, Boston University, 1994. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27696.
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Matkovic, Iva. "Roman settlement of Northern Bruttium : 200 B.C.-A.D. 300 /." *McMaster only, 2001.
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Jauch, Linda. "Women, power and political discourse in fifteenth-century northern Italy." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/252268.
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Williams, Jonathan Hugh Creer. "Rome and the Celts of Northern Italy in the Republic." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.282006.
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SÌŒirola, Dorjana. "Two pre-Roman alphabets of northern Italy : Venetic and Raetic." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.422438.
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Guerci, M. "LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF BOVINE MILK PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN ITALY." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/218525.
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Agriculture and animal husbandry are important contributors to global emissions of greenhouse and acidifying gases. Moreover, they concur to water pollution and to consumption of non-renewable natural resources, such as land and energy. The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology allows to evaluate the environmental impact of a process from the production of inputs to the final product and to assess simultaneously several environmental impact categories: among others, GHG emissions, acidification, eutrophication, land use and energy use. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate, with LCA methodology, the environmental impact of milk production in a sample of 41 intensive Italian dairy farms and to identify, among different farming strategies, those associated with the best environmental performances. The functional unit was 1 kg Fat and Protein Corrected Milk (FPCM). Farms showed characteristics of high production intensity: FPCM, expressed as t per hectare, was 30.8±15.1. Total GHG emission per kg of FPCM at farm gate was 1.30±0.19 kg CO2 eq. The main contributors to climate change potential were: emissions from barns and manure storage (50.1%) and emissions for production and transportation of purchased feeds (21.2%). Average emission of gases causing acidification to produce 1 kg of FPCM was 19.7±3.6 g of SO2 eq. Eutrophication was 9.01±1.78 PO43-eq. per kg FPCM on average. Farms from this study needed on average 5.97±1.32 MJ per kg FPCM from non-renewable energy sources. Energy consumption was mainly due to off-farm activities (58%) associated to purchased factors. Land use was 1.51±0.25 m2 per kg FPCM. The farming strategy based on high conversion efficiency at animal level was identified as the most advantageous to mitigate environmental impact per kg milk at farm gate, especially in terms of GHG production and non-renewable energy use per kg of FPCM.
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Turrini, Claudio. "3D structural model of the Po Valley basin, Northern Italy." Thesis, Paris 6, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA066464.
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Cette thèse présente le modèle 3D du bassin de la Plaine du Pô en Italie du nord. Les six parties de la thèse conduisent le lecteur à partir du cadre géologique de base aux géométries et à la cinématique de la déformation à travers la région, ainsi qu’aux possibles applications en milieu académique ou industriel. Le modèle a intégré des données éparses et de qualité inégale, tirées exclusivement de la littérature publique. L'ensemble de données utilisées pour la création du modèle se base strictement sur des données en profondeur (i.e. dans leur dimension de profondeur). Les données sismiques disponibles ont été intentionnellement écartées pour les raisons suivantes: a) elles sont mal distribuées à travers le secteur d'étude, b) elles se rapportent à des images de basse qualité, d) leur intégration dans le modèle aurait impliqué un long et difficile travail d’évaluation du meilleur modèle de vitesse de propagation des ondes sismiques dans les sédiments, le mieux à même d’être employé pour une conversion finale temps-profondeur, la variation latérale et verticale des vitesses sismiques à l’échelle régionale étant douteuse ou, au mieux, incertaine. La méthodologie appliquée, la création de modèles et l'analyse des améliorations du modèle 3D fournissent un certain nombre de conclusions sur la géométrie, le style structural et la cinématique de la Plaine du Pô et leur contribution en terme de sismicité du bassin et de son potentiel pétrolier, avec une confirmation mutuelle des, mais aussi par, les résultats locaux et épars obtenus par d’autres auteurs. Le résultat principal du projet est d'avoir prouvé la capacité du modèle à visualiser et analyser la complexité du bassin de la Plaine du Pô dans les 3 dimensions à différentes échelles d'observation, de l’échelle crustal jusqu'au niveau des prospectsThis thesis deals with the 3D model building of the Po Valley foreland basin in northern Italy. The six parts of the thesis lead from the basic geological framework to the deformation geometries and kinematics across the region, to some of the possible model applications, for both academia and industry. The model has integrated sparse and variable quality data, exclusively taken from the public literature. The complete dataset used for the performed model building, strictly relies on depth-data (i.e. in their depth dimension). As such, the few available seismic data have been intentionally left apart because: a) they are poorly distributed across the study-area, b) they definitely refer to low quality images, d) their integration into the model would have implied a long and difficult work about the definition of the most-likely sediment velocities to be used for an ultimate time-depth conversion, uncertain and, at best, questionable. The applied methodology, the related model building and the progressing analysis of 3D model results suggest and discuss a number of conclusions about the Po Valley structural geometries-style-kinematics. From such results can be derived implications on basin seismicity and hydrocarbon potential, while confirming (thus being supported by) the local and sparse results of previous authors. The major result from the project is to have proven the model capability in rendering and analyzing the entire Po Valley basin structural complexity in 3D dimensions, from crustal to field scale. Thanks to this, the model is unique in the literature of the region
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Turrini, Claudio. "3D structural model of the Po Valley basin, Northern Italy." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Paris 6, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA066464.
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Cette thèse présente le modèle 3D du bassin de la Plaine du Pô en Italie du nord. Les six parties de la thèse conduisent le lecteur à partir du cadre géologique de base aux géométries et à la cinématique de la déformation à travers la région, ainsi qu’aux possibles applications en milieu académique ou industriel. Le modèle a intégré des données éparses et de qualité inégale, tirées exclusivement de la littérature publique. L'ensemble de données utilisées pour la création du modèle se base strictement sur des données en profondeur (i.e. dans leur dimension de profondeur). Les données sismiques disponibles ont été intentionnellement écartées pour les raisons suivantes: a) elles sont mal distribuées à travers le secteur d'étude, b) elles se rapportent à des images de basse qualité, d) leur intégration dans le modèle aurait impliqué un long et difficile travail d’évaluation du meilleur modèle de vitesse de propagation des ondes sismiques dans les sédiments, le mieux à même d’être employé pour une conversion finale temps-profondeur, la variation latérale et verticale des vitesses sismiques à l’échelle régionale étant douteuse ou, au mieux, incertaine. La méthodologie appliquée, la création de modèles et l'analyse des améliorations du modèle 3D fournissent un certain nombre de conclusions sur la géométrie, le style structural et la cinématique de la Plaine du Pô et leur contribution en terme de sismicité du bassin et de son potentiel pétrolier, avec une confirmation mutuelle des, mais aussi par, les résultats locaux et épars obtenus par d’autres auteurs. Le résultat principal du projet est d'avoir prouvé la capacité du modèle à visualiser et analyser la complexité du bassin de la Plaine du Pô dans les 3 dimensions à différentes échelles d'observation, de l’échelle crustal jusqu'au niveau des prospectsThis thesis deals with the 3D model building of the Po Valley foreland basin in northern Italy. The six parts of the thesis lead from the basic geological framework to the deformation geometries and kinematics across the region, to some of the possible model applications, for both academia and industry. The model has integrated sparse and variable quality data, exclusively taken from the public literature. The complete dataset used for the performed model building, strictly relies on depth-data (i.e. in their depth dimension). As such, the few available seismic data have been intentionally left apart because: a) they are poorly distributed across the study-area, b) they definitely refer to low quality images, d) their integration into the model would have implied a long and difficult work about the definition of the most-likely sediment velocities to be used for an ultimate time-depth conversion, uncertain and, at best, questionable. The applied methodology, the related model building and the progressing analysis of 3D model results suggest and discuss a number of conclusions about the Po Valley structural geometries-style-kinematics. From such results can be derived implications on basin seismicity and hydrocarbon potential, while confirming (thus being supported by) the local and sparse results of previous authors. The major result from the project is to have proven the model capability in rendering and analyzing the entire Po Valley basin structural complexity in 3D dimensions, from crustal to field scale. Thanks to this, the model is unique in the literature of the region
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Dalla, Riva Martina. "Lithic technology and social agency in late Neolithic northern Italy : knapping flint at Rocca di Rivoli (Verona, Italy)." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7550/.
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The thesis explores the relationship between late Neolithic knappers and flint resources at the settlement of Rocca di Rivoli (Verona, Italy), a key site for the understanding of the late Neolithic in northern Italy. Approximately 8000 flint artefacts were recorded by means of an attribute-based relational database and subsequently analysed. The use of the \(chaîne\) \(opératoire\) method, combined with a social agency approach, provided a useful framework within which to discuss topics such as tradition, style and specialization in the context of the late Neolithic of northern Italy. The intrinsic nature of the site, characterized by secondary deposition in pits, challenged the potential retrieval of data and subsequent interpretation and resulted in the identification of fragmented \(chaînes\) \(opératoires\). In addition, the poor conservation of the finds and bias in accessibility procedures to the collection limited the choice of analytical methods available. Nonetheless, significant results were obtained. At Rocca di Rivoli there were clear preferences in terms of raw material: flint coming from the Maiolica outcrops was by far the preferred variety to be working with. It is suggested that raw material procurement possibly took place in different ways, but that a more precise identification in terms of its organization is not possible at this stage. The 16 \(chaînes\) \(opératoires\) identified at Rocca di Rivoli represent basic frameworks allowing for endless variations and additions taking place during the unfolding of flint knapping activity. It is argued throughout the present work that knapping was undertaken by both expert and non-expert knappers, including apprentices. Some aspects characterising the practice of flint knapping changed throughout occupation of the sire, possibly pointing at changes in social dynamics affecting the community of Rocca di Rivoli.
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Banks, J. R. M. "The motet as a formal type in northern Italy, ca.1500." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.315071.
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Christie, Neil John. "Settlement and defence of Byzantine and Longobard northern and central Italy." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/578.
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This thesis considers the patterns of settlement in Northern and Central Italy during the Byzantine and Longobard epochs, with close attention to the form of military occupation along the various provincial borders. Chapter One considers aspects of both Byzantine and Longobard military organisation, in particular the question of Byzantine mobility and military landholding, and the origin of the Longobard arimanni. Chapter Two is divided into three sections: the first concerns the function and strategy of the fortifications and defensive systems of early medieval Italy and compares this to the pattern in Byzantine Africa; the second discusses the evidence for 'unofficial', non-military or refuge sites in the Alpine lands and throughout Italy; and the third describes the form of various defended settlements, considering their circuits and internal structurings. In Chapter Three the evolution of the defensive systems in the Alps is traced from those erected by Rome and then the Ostrogoths, to those of Byzantium and the Longobards. Chapter Four expands the framework of Chapter Three, by discussing in detail the historical and archaeological evidence for the various regions of the Italian Alps in late antiquity, and also considers the data for Noricum, Pannonia and Istria. The fifth chapter investigates the defensive lines and settlement changes that developed in the patchwork of territories that arose within Italy as a result of the Byzantine-Longobard wars, again combining the historical and archaeological data. It also contains an introductory discussion on the effects of the Longobard invasion and expansion on the administration of the imperial possessions. The Conclusion briefly summarises the study.
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Donkin, Lucy E. G. "Ornata decenter : figurative ecclesiastical floor mosaics in Northern Italy, 1030-1213." Thesis, Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London), 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.414775.
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Banks, Jon. "The motet as a formal type in Northern Italy ca 1500 /." New York ; London : Garland, 1993. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36961785c.
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Macphail, Gillian Mary. "Pollen stratigraphy of Holocene peat sites in eastern Liguria, northern Italy." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 1988. http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/3033/.
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This thesis presents the results of a research project designed to reconstruct the Holocene vegetation history of eastern Liguria. The study area lies within the northern Apennines, a region from which few detailed late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental records had boon published and prior to this study no radiocarbon-dated pollen profiles had been reported. Presented hare are the results of pollen-stratigraphical investigations (including pollen concentration and pollen preservation data) from six Holocene peat sites, augmented by twelve radiocarbon dates. The data provide a first regional assessment of the mid- and late Holocene vegetation succession in Liguria as well as a detailed examination of the problems of sampling and interpretation encountered. The sites are situated at a range of altitudes between 831 m to 1481 m and consist of both infilled basins within drift deposits as well as shallow shelf sites. However most of the peat sequences began to form only 4000 to 5000 years ago. At three sites there are strong indications that peat formation only occurred after major disruption of local soils which locally may have been initiated by human (Chalcolithic) forest disturbances. Nevertheless there is also a lack of known early Holocene peat or lake sediments in much of northwestern Italy suggesting widespread climatic conditions inimical to peat development during that period. The biostratigraphical data indicate that Abies forests were common at altitudes of over 1000 a during the mid-Holocene but these declined from approximately 2000 BP and subsequently, woodlands were dominated by Fagus. Certain types suggest that these changes in forest composition could have been related to human activity, although forest clearance appears to have been restricted. The evidence overall suggests that there was major disruption of local soils during the mid- and late Holocene and it is suggested, therefore, that changes in soil moisture regimes possibly as a result of human disturbance, may have led to permanent changes in the vegetation cover.
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Borghero, Sofia <1994>. "Dark Earth: charcterization of post-classic urban stratifications in Northern Italy." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/16628.
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This thesis project is focused on the study of the Dark Earths (DE) that are urban stratifications dating back to the post-classic period. They have a dark color, according to the name, with a solid and homogeneous aspect. The DE is anthropic soils largely linked with human activities, for this reason, building fragments and remains often can be found. The aim of the present project is to reconstruct, through quantitative investigation, plant species and human activities around the urban site and identify the origin of the dark color. Therefore, DE samples from two archaeological sites located in Verona and Mel (BL) were analyzed through chromatographic techniques coupled with mass spectrometry. Several chemical markers such as n-alkanes and miliacin (vegetation input), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and anhydrous monosaccharides (fire events) and fecal sterol (human presence and activity) were determined. In addition, optical microscope investigation and Raman spectroscopy were performed to characterize the charcoal fragments, largely found in the samples. The samples were also analyzed through bulk analysis to quantify total and organic carbon.
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Anderson, Helen Victoria. "Historical and detective fiction in Italy 1950-2006 : Calvino, Malerba and Mancinelli." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.539933.
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Davey, Maeve Eileen. "Gender and genre in Northern Irish fiction : 1986-2010." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.554227.
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This thesis focuses on depictions of gender in contemporary Northern Irish fiction, published between 1986-2010, and the ways in which these depictions subvert, or question the socially constructed nature of gender and invite the reader to interrogate the relationships between gender and the home, workplace, family, politics, and religion. I argue that Northern Ireland's history of civil and colonial violence has hampered the pursuit of gender equality within the state by reinforcing sectarian divisions and preventing the development of a united national identity. I am also interested in the relationship between gender and genre in contemporary Northern Irish fiction. The fact remains that there has been substantially more genre fiction written, published, sold and read in Northern Ireland and about Northern Ireland over the last thirty years than there has been literary fiction. The leading titles of popular women's fiction/chick lit and the crime/thriller hybrid genres are often translated into multiple languages and read by hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of readers worldwide. Yet, Irish Studies has yet to engage in a sustained discussion of genre fiction, with these novels, particularly those which can be categorised as popular women's fiction, being effectively shunned, ignored or casually derided by critics. There are also questions to be raised as to the differing reception for books published in male-dominated genres and marketed in a male-oriented fashion compared to their popular women's fiction counterparts, which largely go unreviewed and almost deliberately unnoticed by critics. Finally, I consider how gender impacts on depictions of the body and ways to write about the physical in the contemporary northern novel. Intimately bound up with issues of religion and cultural conservatism as it is, my thesis argues that that the body should be central in contemporary northern writing which so often grapples with trying to subvert, undermine or make sense of Northern Ireland's politics, religion and cultural leanings.
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Goudsmit, Anne. "The Counter-Bildungsroman in Northern Irish fiction, 1965-1996." Thesis, St Mary's University, Twickenham, 2013. http://research.stmarys.ac.uk/484/.
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This thesis explores the relevance of the Bildungsroman genre to a selection of Northern Irish writing from the 1960s through to the late 1990s. Synthesizing a range of critical approaches it shows how six novels by Leitch, Duffaud, Patterson, Deane, Madden and Molloy challenge the traditional Bildungsroman. It brings the thwarted Bildungsroman into correspondence with the key elements of ‘minority discourse’ as defined by Mohamed and Lloyd (1990), focusing on subjectivity and identity position. Using Jameson’s concept of the ‘political unconscious’ the thesis demonstrates how fragmented and hybridised subjectivities challenge the two main Northern Irish identarian discourses, Irish nationalism and Ulster unionism. It argues that all six counter-Bildungsromane feature some of the characteristics of ‘minority discourse’ with one even providing an example of ‘minor writing’ as defined by Deleuze and Guattari (1975).
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Urquhart, Mark A. "European Unionists : the paradox of nationalism in contemporary Scotland and northern Italy." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/21582.
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The thesis seeks to examine contemporary separatism in Scotland and Northern Italy, set within the European Union (EU). It asks to what extent these examples can be said to adhere to traditional theories of nationalism. It poses the question of how much labels such as 'nationalist' and 'federalist' can tell us of contemporary parties, given the context which an integrating Europe provides. The thesis aims to flesh out the paradox of concurrent pressure on Europe's established states from above and below, by examining sub-national movements in the supranational EU context. The explicit focus of the thesis is a comparison of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Italian Northern League. These parties were chosen because they have not before been compared in such detail. They provide a good yardstick of the separatist spectrum, the former being perceived to be committed to an independent Scottish state, the latter to an autonomous, federal Italian North. The thesis situates both parties within a general analysis of old and new theories of nationalism and discusses the relevance of these within the contemporary EU. The thesis then examines the histories of both the Italian and British 'nation-states' and the emergence of both parties as electoral forces within these. The argument is made that, within the EU's supranational auspices, any differences in headline constitutional aim between the SNP and the League start to blur. Further analysis of the parties' policy pronouncements, voter profiles and activists' attitudes point to a more complex dynamic than terms such as 'nationalist' or 'federalist' can capture. Neither party has a fixed constitutional end but rather reacts to the prevailing circumstances with ideological fluidity, so that neither can be said to seek a definitively nationalist or federalist solution. Both parties, however, seek to be part of the emerging, integrated European Union.
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Migliore, Joseph Anthony. "The Cultural Barriers to Integration of Second Generation Muslims in Northern Italy." PDXScholar, 2011. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/231.
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In this study, I examine the existing literature and carry out a qualitative exploration in order to formulate a better understanding of the dynamics that influence the lives of 2nd generation Italian Muslims. Although monumental social and political challenges remain in confronting integration of the Muslim population and for achieving greater acceptance of Islam within the Italian public sphere, the evidence suggests that the process for integration has slowly begun. Additionally, this study examines the intellectual framework of the existing literature which addresses the issues impacting Muslim integration in Northern Italy. This issue has induced new debates within Italy on multiculturalism, national identity, human rights, while more importantly raising the question--"to what extent do we allow Muslim integration into Italian society and the further insertion of Islam into Italy's spiritual geography?" This study argues that the convergence of contemporary international affairs with religion calls for a new lens for interaction. In Italy the events following 9/11, combined with a resurgence of Islamophobia and the impact of the Global War on Terror, have drawn the issue of Muslim immigrants into a negative spotlight. Mainstream attitudes in Europe, following 9/11, have generated a rift in Muslim-West relations and have caused confusion and anxiety among Muslims and non-Muslims alike. The research hypothesis for this thesis suggests that there are multiple factors impeding the efforts for Muslims to achieve equal footing within the Italian religious landscape and inclusion within Italian society. Among these are divisions found within the Muslim community itself, a growing mistrust of Islam in mainstream Italian society, sponsored by negative media stereotyping and xenophobic political movements, and underlying everything else, the privileged position of the Catholic Church and its unwillingness to accommodate Islamic identity within the social framework. The chosen methodology employed in this study is qualitative, theoretical contextual analysis combined with interviews plus questionnaires used to construct a case study were applied. Beyond engaging in seven interviews with the 2nd generation Italian Muslims, this study was informed by the relevant academic literature from the fields of conflict resolution, history, sociology, cultural studies, Islamic studies and political science. Finally this study contextualized the dynamics generating this conflict and examined the discontinuities this situation has created in the lives of Muslims in Italy. The exclusion of the Muslim population, coupled with the complex relationship between this cultural group and state, has led to the exploration within Italy of different models for integration. The findings of this study indicate that inequalities exist for the Muslim population of Northern Italy in their relation with the host nation and society. This further hampers the process of integration and generates further exclusion. Only profound rethinking of the Italian approach to integration will serve to adequately meet the needs of this marginalized population and fully incorporate them within Italian society.
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Laveder, Roberto <1974>. "Hydrogeochemical characterization of ground waters in province of Trento (Alps, northern Italy)." Doctoral thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/389.
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Giacomelli, Martina. "Investigation on thermophilic Campylobacter spp. in commercial poultry farms in Northern Italy." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3422113.
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Campylobacteriosis, a human infection caused by thermophilic Campylobacter spp. (particularly C. jejuni and C. coli), is the most commonly reported zoonosis in the European Union and one of the main bacterial causes of human gastroenteritis worldwide. Domestic poultry are the main reservoir of these microorganisms and harbour them without clinical manifestations. Handling and consumption of contaminated poultry meat has been reported as main source of human infection. Although campylobacteriosis is generally a self-limiting illness, severe cases require antimicrobial treatment, with macrolides and fluoroquinolones used as first-line therapy, while tetracyclines are second-choice drugs. Nowadays resistance to these antimicrobials is increasingly observed in C. jejuni and C. coli, determining a worldwide concern for public health, since resistant strains can be easily transmitted from animals to humans via the food-chain. Despite the high number of commercial broiler and turkey farms in Northern Italy and the economic importance of this sector in the Italian animal production, few on-farm studies have been carried out to investigate on the colonization of poultry with thermophilic Campylobacter spp. in this area. Considering that, together with the remarkable public health implications of the presence of Campylobacter spp. in poultry farms, the present study was aimed at determining the occurrence, the genetic diversity and the antimicrobial resistance of thermophilic campylobacters in the two leading poultry species reared for meat production in Italy, i.e. broilers and meat turkeys. A total of 10 broiler flocks reared in 7 different farms in Veneto and Lombardy regions and 3 turkey flocks belonging to 3 farms located in Veneto region were examined for the presence of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. by collecting cloacal swabs from randomly selected birds. Broiler flocks were sampled once, while turkeys were monitored with several samplings for the whole production cycle in order to evaluate the development of the colonization over time, because it has not been deeply studied in turkeys. Campylobacter isolates were genetically characterized by flaA-SVR typing and then examined for their phenotypic antimicrobial resistance to a wide range of antimicrobial drugs by the disk diffusion method. The occurrence of class 1 and class 2 integrons was also investigated. A wide colonization by C. jejuni and C. coli was observed both in broiler flocks (7 positive out of 10) and in turkey flocks (all positive), with differences among flocks in the Campylobacter species distribution, although an overall dominance of C. jejuni was detected. Interestingly, the onset of colonization differed considerably among turkey flocks, but in all of them it persisted up to the time of slaughter. A high genetic diversity among isolates was detected both in broilers and turkeys, with most genotypes showing a flock- or farm-specificity. Most strains isolated from both avian species were resistant to a high number of antimicrobials, including those of first and second choice for human campylobacteriosis therapy. Conversely, either class 1 or class 2 integrons were not detected. However, it should be noted that differences between broilers and turkeys were detected both in genotypes colonizing them and in antimicrobial resistance, suggesting discrepancies among the two poultry species in the epidemiological dynamics of Campylobacter spp. Overall, this study provides new insights into the epidemiology of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. in commercial broilers and meat turkeys in Northern Italy and suggests that they may represent a concrete risk for the transmission of multidrug-resistant strains to humans in our countryLa campilobatteriosi, un’infezione umana provocata dalle specie termofile di Campylobacter (soprattutto da C. jejuni a C. coli), è la zoonosi più frequentemente riportata nell’Unione Europea e una delle principali cause di gastroenterite batterica nell’uomo a livello mondiale. Le specie avicole domestiche sono il principale reservoir di questi microrganismi, dei quali sono carrier asintomatici, e infatti la manipolazione e il consumo di carne avicola contaminata rappresentano le principali fonti d’infezione per l’uomo. Nonostante la campilobatteriosi sia una malattia autolimitante, nei casi gravi è necessario un trattamento antimicrobico. Macrolidi e fluorochinoloni costituiscono la terapia d’elezione, seguiti dalle tetracicline come molecole di seconda scelta. Attualmente il fenomeno dell’antimicrobico-resistenza è sempre più comune in C. jejuni e in C. coli, e in tutto il mondo rappresenta motivo di grande preoccupazione per la sanità pubblica, poiché ceppi antimicrobico-resistenti possono essere trasferiti dagli animali all’uomo attraverso gli alimenti. Nonostante l’elevata concentrazione di allevamenti intensivi di polli e tacchini da carne nel Nord Italia e l’importanza economica di questo settore nel comparto delle produzioni animali italiane, sono poche le indagini svolte negli allevamenti di quest’area geografica per valutare la presenza di Campylobacter termofili a livello di produzione primaria. Alla luce di questo e delle importanti implicazioni di sanità pubblica della presenza di questi microrganismi zoonotici negli allevamenti avicoli, questo studio è stato intrapreso allo scopo di valutare la presenza, la diversità genetica e l’antimicrobico-resistenza di Campylobacter termofili nelle due specie avicole da carne maggiormente allevate in Italia: polli broiler e tacchini. In totale sono stati esaminati 10 gruppi di broiler di 7 diversi allevamenti di Veneto e Lombardia, e 3 gruppi di tacchini di 3 allevamenti veneti. In ciascun gruppo di animali sono stati eseguiti tamponi cloacali a soggetti scelti causalmente. In ciascun gruppo di broiler è stato eseguito un campionamento, mentre nei tacchini sono stati svolti numerosi campionamenti per valutare l’andamento della colonizzazione durante tutto il ciclo produttivo, aspetto poco studiato in questa specie avicola. I Campylobacter isolati sono stati caratterizzati geneticamente mediante flaA-SVR typing e quindi sottoposti ad antibiogramma secondo il metodo della diffusione in agar per valutarne la sensibilità a più antimicrobici. Inoltre è stata valutata la presenza di integroni di classe 1 e 2. È stata rilevata una notevole diffusione di C. jejuni e C. coli sia nei broiler (7 gruppi positivi su 10), sia nei tacchini (positività di tutti e 3 i gruppi), con differenze tra i gruppi nella distribuzione delle due specie termofile e una complessiva predominanza di C. jejuni. Nei gruppi di tacchini la positivizzazione è avvenuta in tempi molto diversi, ma in tutti è persistita fino al termine del ciclo produttivo. É stata riscontrata una notevole diversità genetica nei ceppi isolati sia dai broiler, sia dai tacchini e la maggior parte dei genotipi era esclusiva di un gruppo di animali o di un allevamento. Inoltre, la maggioranza dei ceppi isolati da entrambe le specie avicole era resistente a molti antimicrobici, compresi quelli di prima e seconda scelta nella terapia della campilobatteriosi. Al contrario, non sono stati riscontrati integroni né di classe 1 né di classe 2. É importante notare che sono state riscontrate differenze tra broiler e tacchini sia relativamente ai genotipi dai quali erano colonizzati, sia nell’antimicrobico-resistenza, riscontri che suggeriscono il sussistere di differenze tra le popolazioni di Campylobacter che colonizzano l’una e l’altra specie avicola. Nel complesso, questo studio apporta nuovi elementi sull’epidemiologia di Campylobacter spp. in polli e tacchini da carne del Nord Italia, che possono rappresentare un rischio concreto per la trasmissione di ceppi multi-resistenti all’uomo
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CURONE, GIULIO. "PHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF AUTOCHTHONOUS CATTLE BREEDS OF NORTHERN ITALY." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/625674.
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This PhD project is focused on the physiological characterization of some autochthonous bovine breeds of Northern Italy, using many biological parameters in order to make a comparison with the cosmopolitan breeds. Despite the lower milk production, these breeds present other interesting and peculiar features, such as rusticity, frugality, good food conversion, high product quality (milk and meat), good fertility and good resistance and resilience against the diseases. We applied a multidisciplinary approach to study the physiological bases of the interesting traits present in the local breeds, studying three main issues: the metabolism of the transition period, the milk composition and technological properties and the ethological traits.
a) Biodiversity of the transition period
i) Study of the milk ketone bodies assessment in Modenese breed and Holstein with a characterization of physiological, reproductive and productive performances.
The objective of this study was to characterize some productive, reproductive and metabolic parameters (ketone bodies) in the Italian autochthonous cattle breed Modenese, comparing them with those of Holstein and their crossbred (F1=Modenese x Holstein; F2=Modenese x F1) breed in the same farm, in order to understand if there is a different metabolic picture that can influence the reproductive performances. Milk samples have been collected at different times of lactation (20, 40, and 90 days in milk (DIM)) and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to obtain the the concentration of ketone bodies. In all time points, the Modenese breed showed a significant (p<0,05) lower concentration of ketone bodies. The F1, F2 and Modenese showed also better reproductive performances when compared to Holstein, with a significant lower (p<0,05) length of days open period.
ii) Comparative evaluation of the transition period: Italian autochthonous breed vs. Holstein
We evaluated the metabolic indicators, milk protein profiles and the milk microbiota in 6 Holstein Friesian and 4 Rendena cows reared on the same farm and under the same management conditions. Quarter milk samples and blood were collected from all cows at dry-off (T1), 1 day after calving (T2), 7-10 days after calving (T3) and 30 days after calving (T4). Blood samples were used for the analysis of plasma metabolites such as: glucose, total cholesterol, urea, inorganic phosphorus, total protein, albumin, total bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase (GOT), γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT), creatinine, NEFA, β-OH-butyric acid (BHBA), thiol groups (SHp) and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP). Quarter milk samples were subjected to bacteriological culture, protein profiles and characterization of the milk microbiota. Holstein cows showed a more severe fat mobilization, lower muscle mobilizationand systemic inflammatory response at T2 and T3 in comparison with Rendena cows. Significant differences were seen in the general composition of the milk microbiota of the two breeds. Concerning the milk protein abundance profile, pronounced differences were seen in the colostrum (T2), with significantly higher amounts of protective molecules (immunoglobulins and other immune-related proteins) in Rendena.
b) “Milks” biodiversity
i. Fatty acid profile, desaturase and atherogenic indices in milk of Holstein Friesian and Italian autochthonous cattle breeds
In this study the characteristics of the fatty acid profile in local Italian bovine breeds (Cabannina, Varzese, and Valdostana) are compared with those of Friesian, , a conventional breed, during the first period of lactation. The local breeds show a general trend to have higher unsaturated fatty acid percentages, as well as lower desaturase indices (related to C14, C16 and C18) and atherogenic index, with respect to Friesian cows.
ii. NMR-based metabolomics as a tool to characterize the milk biodiversity
In the present study we investigated the variations of the metabolic profiles during lactation in milks obtained from Friesian and autochthonous breeds from Northern Italy by 1H-NMR metabolomics. Furthermore, the external factors influencing the milk composition were minimized: the cows were bred on the same farm, were fed with the same diet, and were matched by for the lactation interval and lactation stage. Our results showed a difference in milk composition between breeds and in relation to stage of lactation.
iii. Milk microbiome characterization between healthy Holstein Friesian and Rendena cows
The aim of this study was to compare the milk microbiota in 6 Holstein and 3 Rendena cows reared on the same farm under the same management conditions, with a special focus on the transition period. Four time points (dry-off, 1 day after calving, 7-10 days after calving and 30 days after calving) were considered. The taxonomic profiles of cosmopolitan and local breeds were dominated by Firmicutes, mostly represented by the Streptococcus genus, followed by Proteobacteria, Bacteriodetes, and Actinobacteria. In both Rendena and Holstein the most abundant species was represented by Str. thermophilus, a lactic acid bacterium widely used in the fermentation of dairy products. However, the microbial populations were profoundly different in the two breeds along all the time points: the Rendena milk samples showed lower biodiversity and more stable microbial ecosystem.
c) Ethological biodiversity
i. Cattle Personality biodiversity in autochthonous Italian breeds: a pilot survey
This study assessed personality in five different cattle breeds (Bos taurus), two cosmopolitan (Holstein and Brown) and three Italian autochthonous, through a personality questionnaire completed by handlers (milkers). The objective was to determine whether this method could detect differences in personality, including breed, age and sex differences. Milkers’ assessments found breed and individual differences in the animals studied. Differences in personality traits resulted to be quite evident between individuals but consistent within each breed.
With these results, we have shed some light on the physiological mechanism at the base of the interesting features showed by the autochthonous Italian cattle breeds. This can contribute to the re-evaluation of bovine local breeds and their products, in order to recover the continuously reducing numbers, and enhance the quality of derived products, with positive effects on farm economy and biodiversity.
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Combs, Cassondra Bird. "The Gate and Other Stories." PDXScholar, 2016. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2917.
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The Gate is a collection of short stories by Cassondra Bird Combs. Combs' first collection is heavily inspired by the small Northern California towns she grew up in, and the disillusioned characters who live there. The Gate marks the introduction of an incredibly sympathetic voice, a voice hard to find in modern literature, that didn't rise from New York or Iowa but from a youth spent in solitude in the redwoods. Combs' characters range from a fifteen-year-old girl trapped in an endless abusive cycle to a young man whose parents have suddenly left him to a older woman trying to end her marriage by burning Christmas trees in the street.
In these seven stories, Combs reminds us time and time again of the advantages and disadvantages of a rural life, and forges connection between character and reader in a remarkable way. In "Little World" a little girl is paralyzed by fear of the dark but is stronger than she knows. In "Turn" a young woman has to make peace with her past and escape. In "B-Side" a recovering addict realizes the thing he needs isn't the thing he wants. In a voice entirely in tune with the hum of the woods and alive with unusual descriptions and deft character traits, Combs' collection will keep you reading.
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Collins, Sally Louise. "Representations of Italy and Italians in British fiction and travel writing, 1900-1930." Thesis, Goldsmiths College (University of London), 2006. http://research.gold.ac.uk/16851/.
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This thesis is conceived as a critical exploration of the construction of Italy and Italians in texts by British writers published between 1900 and 1930. Despite this period representing the heyday of writers in and writing on Italy, scholarship on the specifically Italian-centred rhetoric and its significance is sketchy (though advancing): one must look piecemeal to literature on travel-writing, literary modernism, Englishncss and regionalism, or on imperialist-colonialist discourse or on the Mediterranean in literature; and to pre- 1900 periods such as Grand Tourism, Romanticism, the rise of mass tourism in the Victorian age; or the inter-war period. Drawing from this network of scholarship in detailed analyses of a dozen writers' works, a picture is built up of the principal characteristics of literary constructions of Italy and Italians in terms of tropes, rhetorical strategies and themes, accounting for their predominance, while maintaining a sense of variety and change within the parameters of genre and period. The selection of writers is based on their high standing in contemporary literary circles, their personal contact with Italy and the popularity of their texts during the period. Each chapter examines writing on a particular region of Italy - Capri, Tuscany, the North and the South - drawing out the specific connotations of place found in and constructed by the texts. By scrutffuzing the workings of fiction and travel writing on Italy in the light of the discourses and contexts outlined above, the thesis will show that literary representations of Italy provide a window onto the way British writers conceived of British identity as well as of Italy and its people, during the first three decades of the century.
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Rummel, Christopher. "The fleets on the northern frontier of the Roman empire from the 1st to 3rd century." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2008. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27819/.
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Ancient sources consistently identify a strong naval element to Roman military activity along the northern frontier from the earliest occupation campaigns to Late Antiquity. This element is formed by four established provincial fleets, the CLASSES BRITANNICA, GERMANICA, PANNONICA and MOESICA. The current understanding of these units, however, is disproportionate to their importance and some current interpretations are in urgent need of revision in view of new archaeological and epigraphic data relevant to the fleets. This study identifies and analyses the main theories and problems in the study of naval activity on the northern frontier on the basis of concrete archaeological and epigraphic evidence. In order to establish a reliable foundation for further research, every site on the northern frontier identified as a fleet base in current research is studied in detail to identify fleet related evidence. These surveys, one for each of the provincial fleets based on the northern frontier, constitute the four main chapters of the thesis. The evidence for each fleet is summarised independently at the end of each chapter to revise current understanding of the respective fleet. The concluding chapter draws on all four of these summaries and reassesses the current understanding of naval power on the northern frontier of the Roman Empire from the 1st-3rd century, highlighting several misconceptions that exist in current scholarship. As such, the study illustrates that there is substantially less evidence for the provincial fleets than is currently being assumed, while the evidence at hand is not being utilized to its full potential. It is shown that literary evidence for naval activity must be treated with far greater care than hitherto anticipated and that a number of difficulties in our understanding of Roman naval activity on the northern frontier are caused by a serious misinterpretation of the term classis. Although the “regular” fleets were evidently far smaller than currently believed and had a far more limited range of operations than assumed, the naval element in Roman military activity on the northern frontier was far more substantial than these four established classes: there is clear evidence not only for the use of ad hoc fleets, created and often requisitioned for specific military campaigns, but also that naval arms were maintained by both legions and auxiliary units. These detachments played a significant role in the control and safeguarding of the Empire’s northern frontier – probably more so than the established fleets, the CLASSES BRITANNICA, GERMANICA, PANNONICA and MOESICA.
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Thobakgale, Raphehli Michael. "Khuetso ya O.K. Matsepe go bangwadi ba sePedi." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2001. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11032006-190605.
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Maila, Ramalau Andries. "Kgolo ya tiragatso ya sePedi." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09112007-110525.
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Thokoane, Makgalakgatha Daniel. "Ditaodišo tša SePedi (SePedi)." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04082008-141242/.
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Aphane, Modikwa Caroline. "Kanegelokopana ya I. T. Maditsi : Pheko ya pula (Sepedi)." Pretoria : [s. n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11202007-134325/.
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Peretti, Adolf. "Occurrence and stabilities of opaque minerals in the Malenco serpentinite (Sondrio, Northern Italy) /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1988. http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/show?type=diss&nr=8740.
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Baneschi, Ilaria. "GEOCHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OF A COASTAL ECOSYSTEM: MASSACIUCCOLI LAKE (NORTHERN TUSCANY, ITALY)." Phd thesis, Paris 11, 2007. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00400140.
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Le marais de Massaciuccoli est la plus importante zone humide de la Toscane septentrionale. C'est une lagune côtière qui draine un bassin d'environ 112 km2 de surface totale et qui est caractérisée par des eaux à salinité très variable. Cette zone est reliée à la mer par un canal artificiel, appelé « Burlamacca ».Dans cette zone palustre, on retrouve de vieilles carrières (profondeur maximum : 30 m., superficie totale : 2,5 km2 ), témoignage d'une ancienne activité d'extraction de sable siliceux. Les principales sources polluantes sont représentées par les déchets urbains et industriels et par les eaux de drainage agricole ; au sein du bassin, il y a en effet 2 décharges et plusieurs entreprises agricoles.
Ce projet de recherche se propose d'étudier : 1) l'impact anthropique sur la chimie des eaux du bassin du lac de Massaciuccoli ; 2) l'apport de l'eau de mer, l'infiltration des eaux souterraines et le taux d'évaporation du lac ; 3) le rôle exercé par les anciennes carrières, et 4) le rôle des processus biologiques.
Les résultats ont été obtenus en appliquant des techniques géochimiques et en utilisant des traceurs chimiques (Br, B, Cl et des éléments nutritifs) et isotopiques (δ18O, δ11B, δ2H, δ13C, δ34SSO4 et δ18OSO4).
L'étude a mis en évidence des aspects méthodologiques importants, concernant :
1. l'influence des processus biologiques sur le contenu des composés chimiques dissous dans les eaux
2. l'application des techniques isotopiques qui, non seulement, a permis de suivre les processus chimiques et physiques qui se développent à l'interface entre les différents compartiments, mais qui a permis aussi d'établir l'origine des divers éléments et d'effectuer des datations.
Notamment, on a mis en évidence les points suivants:
a. la distribution des éléments dans le système étudié est fonction de la présence et de l'intensité de l'activité biologique
b. la géochimie est importante pour tracer l'origine des eaux et des processus chimiques et physiques.
c. Les datations effectuées sur la matière organique des sédiments avec le 14C mettent en évidence la présence d'un pic de l'activité radioactive, qui correspond aux essais atomiques effectués dans les années '60. La profondeur, à laquelle on peut trouver ces évidences, varie selon les différents sites échantillonnés.
En conclusion, ce travail a permis de mettre en évidence l'influence de l'activité agricole sur la composition chimique de l'eau du lac, sur l'équilibre hydrodynamique et sur la composition du sédiment superficiel. En outre, les carrières, en relation à leur extension et profondeur, représentent une barrière hydraulique à l'intrusion de l'eau marine dans le lac ; la disparition de la stratification des eaux des carrières ou un éventuel remplissage de ces dernières pourrait devenir un problème très sérieux pour l'équilibre de l'écosystème palustre.
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Peterson, Janine Larmon. "Contested sanctity disputed saints, inquisitors, and communal identity in northern Italy, 1250--1400 /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3232576.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of History, 2006."Title from dissertation home page (viewed July 9, 2007)." Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-08, Section: A, page: 3118. Adviser: Dyan Elliott.
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Pieraccini, Margherita. "A legal pluralist analysis of upland commons in England, Wales and Northern Italy." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.512207.
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Becker, A. K. "Gender and political thought in northern Italy and France, c.1420-c.1578." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.596511.
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This dissertation examines the relationship between household and state, gender and politics, in early modern political thought. Contrary to what is commonly assumed early modern political theorists discussed with great interest and in considerable detail matters of the family; notably emphasising the rapport between husband and wife. This discussion was not an isolated endeavour into the realms of the private, but part of an inquiry into the very nature of the political. State and family were linked in various ways: it was commonly understood that the political community emerged from the family. Investigations into the origins of the political life were thus simultaneously investigations into the origins of families. Furthermore, the res familiaris or res oeconomica (the science of the household) was understood as that which connected the res monastica to the res publica: the family linked the individual to the state. Above that, the family was often used as a model to describe and to understand political rule. I also show that studying the language and arguments that connected the political with the ‘oeconomical’ not only brings to the forefront a neglected dimension of political thought, but also helps us to understand the vocabulary of politics in early modern Europe. The dissertation gives accounts of principal texts of Italian and French political thinking, discussing in turn Bruni’s translation and commentary on Aristotle’s Oeconomica as well as his vernacular writings, the writings of the so-called ‘civic humanists’ Alberti and Palmieri, Machiavelli’s answer to them, and finally the interrelation of family and state in Jean Bodin’s Six livres de la République. The analysis underlies a special interest in contemporary Aristotelian commentaries on the Politics, the Ethics and the Oeconomica, and the connection of this Aristotelian understanding with arguments from Roman law on the family, while exploring key themes of family, friendship, concord, and government in the context of the various texts.
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Irsara, Martina. "Demonstratives and adverbs of place in early and modern texts from northern Italy." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.419172.
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Hack, Franziska Maria. "The syntax and prosody of interrogatives : evidence from varieties spoken in northern Italy." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:fae95d56-9fa0-48d5-af0d-7c629eed9c3e.
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The vast majority of work on question formation examines interrogatives from the perspective of just one single component of grammar, usually the syntax or the prosody. The present dissertation offers a comprehensive account of question formation addressing both the syntax and the prosody of interrogatives and the interaction between these two components of grammar in signalling the question meaning of an utterance. The present work examines question formation on the basis of four genealogically related and geographically closely located Romance varieties spoken in northern Italy: Gherdëina, Badiot, Fascian and Nònes. Given that these varieties differ only with respect to certain microparametric values whereas others remain constant, they constitute an ideal research area to study the interaction between the syntax and the prosody in question formation. The syntactic and prosodic analyses proposed are based on new empirical data. The syntactic analysis is couched within the cartographic approach and the prosodic analysis is based on Autosegmental-Metrical Phonology. This dissertation is motivated by five main research goals: - to provide a detailed description of the syntactic variation found in interrogatives in the four varieties Gherdëina, Badiot, Fascian and Nònes based on data collected by the author;
- to propose a unified syntactic analysis of the interrogatives;
- to offer a prosodic analysis of statements and questions providing new data from varieties not studied up to now in the literature;
- to establish the relation between the syntax and the prosody in question formation;
- to determine how the syntax and the prosody interact in providing clues to interrogative force for the listener as well as the speaker.
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Baneschi, Ilaria <1978>. "Geochemical and enviromental study of a coastal ecosystem: Massaciuccoli lake (Northern Tuscany, Italy)." Doctoral thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/567.
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Martelli, Cristina Arrigoni. "The Waters of Momo: An Avant-garde Village in the Development of the Northern Italian Hay Industry Seen through Five Thirteenth and Fourteenth Century Manuscripts." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2007. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/MartelliCA2007.pdf.
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Emmerich, Axel. "Controlling factors of two Middle Triassic carbonate platforms: Latemar and Rosengarten (Dolomites, Northern Italy)." [S.l. : s.n.], 2004. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=971776717.
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Bianchera, Emanuela. "Caregiving and sleep poverty : a study of women aged 40-80 in northern Italy." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.543913.
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Dietz, Angelika. "Dimensions of belonging and migrants by choice : contemporary movements between Italy and Northern Ireland." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.551592.
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This PhD thesis deals with the sense of belonging of ten migrants by choice who moved in most cases by chance from Italy to Northern Ireland. Only few people from Italy come to live in Northern Ireland, but as the history shows, it has been a constant migration that has not been studied much so far. With regard to theoretical questions I want to focus on the relation of migration and a sense of place. I apply a translocal approach to migration on an ethnological background. Issues of migration and a sense of place require taking on a multiple and complex focus with regard to theory and empiricism in order to avoid generalisations or simplifications. The theoretical framework is based on the outcome of my interviews, in the selection of which I placed special emphasis on the importance of social relations for one's sense of place. I did interviews with 10 Italian migrants who lived in Northern Ireland, and other 38 interviews with their friends and family members in Italy and Northern Ireland. Apart from doing interviews with the migrants' friends and family members, I was visiting the places in Italy and Northern Ireland to observe these places. In this way I connected, like the migrants themselves, the multiple places that matter for migrants. Various and complex dimensions impact on migrants' sense of belonging, and I have outlined these under biographical, spatial, cultural and social viewpoint. I applied in this analysis some new approaches, such as the focus on sensory issues, emotions and a transnational and rather mobile view on migration. This thesis does not provide a simple result of the factors which influence migrants' sense of belonging, but rather offers a rich picture of various components of migrants' sense of belonging.
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Howell, Francesca Ciancimino. "Sense of place and festival in northern Italy : perspectives on place, time and community." Thesis, Open University, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.539430.
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This thesis focuses on the concept of sense of place in relation to five calendrical, place-based festivals in two regions of northern Italy: Lombardy and Piedmont. Drawing from interdisciplinary critical thought, including archaeology, environmental philosophy, ritual studies and perfonnance studies, among others, the thesis examines how place is honoured, experienced and embodied. The thesis reviews critical thought on the interanimation of place and society, demonstrating how the agency of place can emerge in ritualised community celebrations, such as feasting and festival. The fundamental argument put forth is that in heterotopic and polychronic space such as that offered by ritual and festival, a bridge can be created showing profound communication between humanity and place. The symbolic actions and traditions observed and studied here manifest local or regional identity, with specific gastronomic and agricultural customs that offer uncommon perfonnances of place-based traditions in annual community gatherings. Politics, history, identity and foodways are examined through the lens of engagement with place as well as with community. Theories on the agency of place, on temporality and materiality figure centrally in the argument, which illustrates how bonds and communication between place and humanity exhibit a sometimes surprisingly profound relational epistemology in late modem Western society. The analysis springs from both heuristic and henneneutic philosophies of methodology, which maintain a historical, philosophical and ecological perspective. Based upon an extensive examination of the critical literature and the thesis' ethnographic surveys, the Italian festival fieldwork is analysed through the use of an indexed' Scale of Engagement'.
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Caserio, Maria. "The structure, dynamics and perception of the landscape of the Val Fontanabou, northern Italy." Thesis, Birmingham City University, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.418651.
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Tarricone, Ilaria. "Incidence and environmental risk factors for psychosis in first generation migrants in northern Italy." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2016. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/incidence-and-environmental-risk-factors-for-psychosis-in-first-generation-migrants-in-northern-italy(303617e5-8cc8-47b4-89e5-cdf53e245f95).html.
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Whilst the excess of psychosis among migrants is a well defined phenomenon in Northern Europe, it had not been demonstrated in Southern Europe. Moreover : 1) most studies focused on ethnic minorities and not on first generation migrants; 2) there are not studies conducted in contemporary times involving internal migrants; 3)published studies have mostly focused on risk factors in the post migration phase (such as ethnic fragmentation, unemployment, etc). My PhD project aimed to : 1) Verify whether there was an excess of psychosis among migrants in Italy 2) Understand the role of known environmental risk factors for psychosis (such as substance use, being single/living alone, being unemployed and low level of education) in the development and course of psychosis in migrants. I used data collected in Bologna West as an incidence of first-episode psychosis (Bo-FEP) study. All first episode psychosis patients (FEP) age 18 to 65 yrs old, presenting to the Bologna Mental Health Centres between January 2002 and December 2010, resident within defined catchment areas in Bologna, and without any previous contact with health services for psychosis, were identified and invited to take part in this project. I also used follow-up data collected 1 year after the first contact of FEP patients with services. My thesis contains 2 published papers and 1 accepted paper. (Tarricone et al., 2012; Tarricone et al., 2014; Tarricone et al, accepted with revisions), The overall Incidence Rare standardised for age and gender in the Bo-FEP study was 16.4 per 100,000 person-years (95% CI, 13.9- 18.9). The Incidence Rate Ratio was 1.93 (1.19-3.13, p=0.007) for internal migrants and 1.79 (1.06-3.02, p=0.03) for external migrants compared to natives. Substance users had a significantly higher rate of hospitalizations during the 12 months follow-up after adjusting for age, gender and other potential confounders (OR 5.84, 95% CI 2.44-13.97, p≤0.001).In addition I have reviewed the relevant literature, described the background and overall methodology of the study, discussed the limitations and written a conclusion.
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Rossi, Giovanni <1973>. "Development of a previsional model for the ichthyc biodiversity in the Northern Apennine (Italy)." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2007. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/322/1/Giovanni_Rossi_PhD_Thesis.pdf.
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Rossi, Giovanni <1973>. "Development of a previsional model for the ichthyc biodiversity in the Northern Apennine (Italy)." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2007. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/322/.
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